The 2016 reporting theme is Resilience in
uncertain times.

In the past decade, Sanlam has experienced the ways in which systemic shocks such as the financial crisis of 2008, climate disasters and war, can disrupt and destroy value. The Group has also come to appreciate how a stable and strong financial system can absorb and mute these shocks.

Where a well-established infrastructure of insurance companies, banks, investment groups and stock exchanges exist, individuals and businesses are to some extent protected, and thus better able as a society to manage risks. In these markets, members of society have a choice of life and asset insurance, safe payment systems, access to credit, the ability to trade in any currency and accumulate assets with a high level of trust.

Sanlam’s sustainability themes

Our purpose is to create a world worth living in and
to enable people to live their best possible lives within it.

The Group’s key objective is the creation of sustainable value for shareholders over the long term. This is achieved by optimising Return on Group Equity Value (RoGEV) through
a continued focus on Sanlam’s five strategic pillars. These strategic pillars are supported by five sustainability themes,
which are entrenched within the Group’s operations and decision-making. This ensures that the Group’s strategic pillars are tested against those key principles that will ensure long-term thinking and sustainability.

Message from the Chairman of the Social, Ethics and Sustainability committee (SES committee)

Sanlam’s key objective is the creation of value for stakeholders over the long term. Therefore, the Group drives diversity and innovation to position itself as a leader in client-centric wealth creation, management and protection. This means that Sanlam must treat its clients fairly, while doing business in a profitable and sustainable way.

News and updates on the key issues pertaining to Sanlam's sustainability programmes

The Sanlam Cape Town Marathon (SCTM) was awarded Gold Label Status in 2017, making it Africa’s first and only International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) Gold Label Road Race. With fewer than 35 IAAF Gold Label status marathons internationally, this places the South African event on the global stage alongside cities such as Boston, New York and London.